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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Trump Pauses Most Tariffs for 90-days, but Hits China Harder; Interview with Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY); Stocks Soar After Trump Announces 90-day Pause on Most Tariffs; Trump Directs DOJ to Investigate Critics; 90-day Pause Now for Most Trump Tariffs, but China Now Facing Stiffer 125 Percent Tariff; Sources Say Treasury Secretary's Growing Concern Over Bond Market Turmoil Helped Drive 90- day Tariff Pause. Aired 8-9p ET


Amanpour
• Interview with The New York Times Journalist Li Yuan; Interview with "Retrograde" Playwright Ryan Calais Cameron. Aired 1-2p ET


CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt
• Stocks Skyrocket After Trump Pauses Many Tariffs, Except For China; Trump On Tariff Pause: People Were Getting A Bit "Yippy" And "Queasy". Aired 4-5p ET


The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Trump Orders 90-Day Pause On New Tariffs Except For China; Trump Targets Officials Who Criticized Him In First Term; Global Trade Whiplash Impacts Largest Port In U.S.; At Least 124 Killed, Dozens Trapped After Roof Collapse; DHS To Screen Migrants' Social Media For Anti-Semitism. Aired 5-6p ET
• Markets Rebound But Not to Pre-Tariff Announcement Levels; Soon, Supreme Court Ruling on Man Mistakenly Deported; Texas A.G. Ken Paxton Challenges Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) for Senate Seat. Recently Freed Hostage Fights For Brother's Release; House Votes On Senate GOP Budget Blueprint. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Trump Pauses Mass Tariffs After Economy Sinks; JPMorgan Says, Recession Still Likely Despite Tariff Pause; Trump Doubles Down on War With China, Raises Tariffs to 125 Percent. President Trump Announces 90-day Tariff Pause; Trump Tells Investor to Buy Before Tariff Pause; President Trump Orders Investigation of Former Aides. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN News Central
• Trump Says, Countries are Kissing My A-- to Make Tariff Deals; China on New Tariffs, We Won't Accept Bullying from U.S.; At Least 98 Dead in Nightclub Roof Collapse in Dominican Republic. Aired 7-7:30a ET
• China Retaliates Against U.S. Increases Tariffs To 84 Percent; Trump Advisers Musk And Navarro Spar Over Tariffs; Inside The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Where U.S. Deportees Live. Aired 7:30-8a ET
• Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs on Allies and Adversaries; Interview with Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL): China Hits Back at Trump's 104 Percent Tariff with 84 Percent Tariff on U.S. Goods. Aired 8-8:30a ET
• Trump's Tariff Plan and Broader Economy; China Retaliates Against the U.S.; Judge Considers Evidence in Kohberger Trial; Coffee Prices Set to Spike. Aired 8:30-9a ET
• Markets Open After China Retaliates; Rick Newman is Interviewed about Tariffs; EU to Respond to Tariffs; Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is Interviewed about China's Retaliation on Tariffs. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Markets Open After China Retaliates; FAA Investigating Near Collision; Jason Isaacs is Interviewed about "White Lotus." Aired 9:30-10a ET
• China Retaliates As Global Trade War Escalates; China Hits Back at 104% Tariff, Slaps 84% Tariff on U.S. Goods; Trade War Escalates, Markets Volatile for 5th Straight Day; Acting IRS Chief Resigns After Data-Sharing Deal with DHS. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Authorizes 90-Day Pause On Some Tariffs; Trump Orders 90- Day Pause On New Tariffs Except For China; Treasury Secretary Speaks As Trump Pauses Most Tariffs. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Trump Orders 90-day Pause on New Tariffs Except for China; Raises Tariff on Chinese Goods to 125 Percent After Beijing Hikes Its Tariffs. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump Orders 90-Day Pause On New Tariffs Except For China; Trump's Tariff Pause Has 401(K)s Trending Up Amid Market Uncertainty; Markets Skyrocket As Trump Hits 90-day Pause On Most New Tariffs; Businesses In Limbo As Trump Shifts Trade Policy Again. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Authorizes 90-Day Pause on Some Tariffs; Trump Orders 90- Day Pause on New Tariffs Except for China; China Lashes Out at Vance's "Chinese Peasants" Comments. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Trump Orders 90-Day Pause on New Tariffs Except for China. Aired 3:30-4p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs On Trading Partners; Trump's Huge 104 Percent Tariff On Chinese Imports Takes Effect; South Korea Seeks Cooperation, Not Confrontation With U.S.; Dozens Killed In Iconic Nightclub Roof Collapse; Swedish Teens Used To Target Israeli Interests; Intel Sources: Swedish Teens Used To Target Israeli Interests. Aired 12-12:45a ET
• Donald Trump Unleashes New Wave Of Tariffs Against Dozens Of Countries; Trump Trade Representative Defends Tariffs At Senate Hearing; Israel Controls 50 Percent of Gaza After Razing Land To Expand Its Buffer Zone; Ukraine Captures Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia; Trump: U.S. And South Korea Have "Confines" Of A Deal; Inside El Salvador's Notorious CECOT Prison; Israeli Soldiers Reveal Plan Behind Gaza Buffer Zone; King Charles & Queen Camilla In Four-Day Trip To Italy; Philadelphia Zoo Welcomes Endangered Tortoise Hatchlings. Aired 1-2a ET
• Donald Trump's Huge 104 Percent Tariff On Chinese Imports Takes Effect; South Korea Seeks Cooperation, Not Confrontation With U.S.; Elon Musk Ramps Up Spat With Donald Trump Trade Adviser Peter Navarro; Two Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia Captured; At Least 79 Killed, More Than 220 Injured in Nightclub Roof Collapse in Dominican Republic; El Salvador's President To Visit White House Next Week. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Take Effect; CNN Speaks To South Korea's Acting President On Tariff Issues; Blue Origin To Launch An All-Women Crew Space Mission. Aired 3-3:45a ET
• Did Not Air 3-4p ET
• CNN International: Trump Announces 90-Day Pause on Reciprocal Tariffs; China Tariffs Increased to 125 Percent; China Raises Retaliatory Tariffs to 84 Percent; U.S. Bond Market Sell-Off. U.S. Markets Soar As Trump Hits 90-Pause On Most New Tariffs; Trump Claims "China Wants To Make A Deal"; More Than 120 Killed After Roof Of Nightclub Collapses. Aired 6-7p ET


CNN This Morning
• Trump's Global Tariffs Take Effect; Scientists Claim They've Resurrected Dire Wolf from Extinction. Aired 6-6:30a ET
• Acting IRS Commissioner Resigns; Derek Thompson is Interviewed about Trump's Tariff Policy; 98 Killed in Nightclub Collapse; Trump Administration has Supreme Court Wins. Aired 6:30-7a ET


Connect the World
• EU Members Vote on Retaliatory Tariffs Against U.S.; South Korea Announces $1.3 Billion Emergency Support for Auto Industry; Germany's Far- Right Party the AFD is Excluded from the Coalition; Global Markets Extremely Volatile Amid Tariff Hikes; Israeli Soldiers Reveal Plan Behind Gaza Buffer Zone; Trump Imposes Sweeping Tariffs on Trading Partners. Aired 9-10a ET
• Rep. Greer Testifies Before House Committee; E.U.'s Counter Tariffs to U.S.; China Raises Retaliatory Tariff on U.S. to 84 Percent; China Slamming Vance for Peasant Comment; Tragedy in the Dominican Republic; Netanyahu Returns Empty Handed; Tension Over the Panama Canal; Scottie Scheffler Hosts Masters Dinner. Aired 10-11a ET


Erin Burnett Outfront
• Trump Doubles Down On War With China, Raises Tariffs To 125 Percent; Trump Preparing To Deport More Immigrants To Brutal Prison; Michelle Obama On Divorce Rumors. Aired 7-8p ET


Early Start with Rahel Solomon
• Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs On Trading Partners; China Promises To Take "Resolute And Effective Measures" As Trump's 104 Percent Tariffs Go Into Effect; European Markets Open Lower As "Reciprocal" Tariffs Kick In; South Korea Unveils $1.3B For Auto Industry Amid U.S. Tariffs. Aired 5-5:30a ET
• China Slams Vance Over "Chinese Peasants" Comment; Ukraine: Two Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia Captured; Prince Harry Makes Rare U.S. Visit Amid Legal Battle. Aired 5:30-6a ET
• Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs on Trading Partners; European Markets Open Lower as Reciprocal Tariffs Kick In; South Korea Seeks Cooperation, Not Confrontation, with U.S. Aired 4-4:30a ET
• Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs on Trading Partners; Consumers in China Brace for Reciprocal U.S. Tariffs; Russia Steps Up Offensive Across the Front Line in Ukraine; Bezos' Blue Origin to Launch All-Female Crew Monday. Aired 4:30-5a ET


Inside Politics
• China, EU Retaliate Against U.S. for New Tariffs; New Trump Tariffs on Nearly Every Country Take Effect; JPMorgan CEO: Recession a "Likely Outcome" of Trade War; Trump Pressures GOP Headlines to get on Board with Senate Bill; Texas AG Ken Paxton Challenges Senator John Cornyn for Seat. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Texas Ag Ken Paxton Challenges John Cornyn for Senate Seat; Trump Facing Pressure to Take Sides in Texas Senate Race; Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion in Cornell Funding and $790 Million for Northwestern University; National Weather Service No Longer Translating Products for Non-English Speakers; Multiple IRS Officials Refused to Sign Data-sharing Deal Sources Say. Aired 12:30-1p ET


Isa Soares Tonight
• Did Not Air 2-3p ET


Laura Coates Live
• Trump Announces 90-Day Pause For Tariffs On Nearly 60 Countries; Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Two Former Officials; Small Business Owner Reacts To Trump Tariffs; Michigan Governor Whitmer Faces Some Heat For Comments On Trump's Tariff Plan; Law Enforcement Looks At Another Suspect In The Murder Case Of Four Idaho Students. Aired 11p-12a ET


One World with Zain Asher
• CNN International: Trade War Intensifying: Global Markets Unsettled; Trump Imposes Sweeping New Tariffs On Trading Partners; China Announces 84 Percent Tariff Against United States. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Shockwaves As Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Take Hold; China Slams Vance Over "Chinese Peasants" Comments; Israeli Soldiers Reveal Plan Behind Gaza Buffer Zone; Coffee Prices Expected To Spike As Tariffs Rise; Florida Small Business Owner Sues Trump To Stop Tariffs; Judge: White House Punishment Of AP Is Unconstitutional; Bezos' Blue Origin To launch All- Female Crew Monday. Aired 12:00-1:00p ET


Quest Means Business
• Trump Speaks After He Announces Pause for Some Tariffs; Apple Shares Plummet as U.S. Hikes Tariffs on China; Trump Pauses Reciprocal Tariffs, Leaves 10 Percent Baseline in Place; Trump Speaks After He Announces Pause for Some Tariffs; Stocks Surge After Trump Announces Pause on Some Tariffs; Over 120 People Killed in Nightclub Roof Collapse. Aired 4-5p ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• CNN Town Hall: Senator Bernie Sanders. Aired 9-10p ET


The Situation Room
• China Retaliates Against U.S., Increasing Tariffs to 84 Percent; .Trump Claims Countries are Kissing My A** to Get a Trade Deal; Trump Says, It is More Important Now Than Ever to Pass Budget Resolution. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Canada Hits Back with Counter-Tariffs; China Retaliates with 84 Percent Tariffs Against U.S.; Escalating Tension Over the Panama Canal. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Interview With Frankfort, Kentucky, Mayor Layne Wilkerson; Wife of Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador Speaks Out; Republican Budget Battle; E.U. and China Escalate Trump Trade War. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Trump Administration Cutting Funding For Alzheimer's Research?; Interview With Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO); Interview With Frankfort, Kentucky, Mayor Layne Wilkerson. Aired 11:30a-12:00p ET